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- 06 Aug 2021
- Book
Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO
successively by John Sculley, who was kicked out in 1993, Michael Spindler, fired in 1996, and Gil Amelio, a member of the board who took over from Spindler and was fired five hundred days later, the company... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Investors Often Lose When They Sue Their Financial Adviser
will make more money if I look industry-friendly,’” Egan says. To be sure, some arbitrators are more likely to support consumers, including the 11 percent of arbitrators who were previously fired as advisers by their firms. But these... View Details
- 24 Jan 2011
- HBS Case
Terror at the Taj
young sons died in a fire that swept through their apartment on the hotel's top floor. Even after receiving the news, he insisted on staying at his post to help direct a response to the ongoing attack. (The battle for control at the Taj... View Details
- 18 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Unethical Amnesia: Why We Tend to Forget Our Own Bad Behavior
not to recall pleading guilty to criminal possession of a weapon in 2009; and when asked whether he served several months at Riker’s Island in 2010, he answered, “I don’t know.” Similarly, in a 2007 Senate hearing to investigate his role in the View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
authority over the entire canal project, including the right to fire commission members. Secretary of War William Howard Taft had doubts about the legality of granting the chief engineer control over the commission, which was technically... View Details
- 15 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Americans Voted for an Income Tax
who we care very deeply about, who make a difference in our lives: our school teachers, fire fighters, people who build roads. We need those things You really couldn't have a business if you didn't have those things. But, you know, we pay... View Details
Keywords: by Matthew C. Weinzierl
- 17 Jun 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Excellence Comes From Saying No
We all know people who seem able to perform at a higher level than those around them; and we've all had moments ourselves where we are firing on all cylinders and everything just seems to work. But how do you achieve that kind of... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 09 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
Cultural Disharmony Undermines Workplace Creativity
gathering fuel, and the Jivaro believed fire to be sacred and should never go out. Even after a brief exposure to situations involving people they didn't know, the participants who experienced cultural disharmony received creativity... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 18 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Learning in Action
initial role was to capture lessons from the National Training Centers where troops engage in long, simulated battles to test their readiness and skills. As the Army's mission broadened to include 'operations other than war' such as fire... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
- 17 Jan 2023
- Book
Good Companies Commit Crimes, But Great Leaders Can Prevent Them
later gets reported, then the company can say, “We addressed it, we fired the people involved, we created systems so it wouldn't happen again.” Lambert: What changes are you seeing in corporate liability law? Soltes: Companies are... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 04 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Life
opportunities to take your life in directions that you hadn't intended." For those that think it is easy for a Harvard Professor to make such pronouncements from an ivy tower, the book explains that Christensen became a professor after a prior career that included... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 11 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard
strategy and operations (or tactics) are both important but they are different. The normal course of events is for companies to focus on day-to-day operations and short-term problem solving. Management meetings focus on fighting fires and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask
that come with the territory of being a leader-for example, deciding compensation and promotions, conducting reviews, and firing people-range from being a pain in the neck to being downright unpleasant. A leader has to learn to spend time... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
Team Success Starts with the Individual—and with Love
with winning. His expectation that everyone will work hard and strive to perform at their best serves as a foundation for firing up intrinsic motivation among team members. But Carroll couples that expectation with a soft touch. He calls... View Details
- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Most Accountants Aren’t Crooks—Why Good Audits Go Bad
Loewenstein, and Moore Attachment. Auditors have strong business reasons to remain in clients' good graces and are thus highly motivated to approve their clients' accounts. Under the current system, auditors are hired and fired by the... View Details
- 20 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Family Business: Survival’s Secret Sauce
ingredients: Growth, talent and unity. It should be your mantra if you want multigenerational success. Other Articles In This Series Managing the Family Business: It Takes a Village Managing the Family Business: Leadership Roles Managing the Family Business: View Details
- 11 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Fix This! Why is it so Painful to Buy a New Car?
call after the dealer initially turned him down. Then he had to wait hours while his new car was prepped, bank check accepted, documents signed, registration obtained and the other thousand details that make buying a car feel like a belly-crawl under enemy View Details
- 06 Jan 2016
- What Do You Think?
Why Do Leaders Get Their Timing Wrong?
include openness and honesty. "Live them rigorously, and fire people who won’t, regardless of level, role or title.” Clearly, both dysfunctional strategies and cultures can help explain poor timing in implementing plans and... View Details
- 03 Jul 2008
- What Do You Think?
Are Followers About to Get Their Due?
of such subordinates. Leaders need to be constantly aware of something that several of us have discovered in our research: Every decision made by a leader—particularly decisions involving hiring, recognizing, and firing people—is judged... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 16 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense
for developing job descriptions and scoring candidates. Rethink your product development prioritization process. Make sure sales best practices are being disseminated systematically within the go-to-market organization. Fire unprofitable... View Details
Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang